词条 | Vipera berus nikolskii |
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| image =BennyTrapp Vipera nikolskii.jpg | genus = Vipera | species = berus | subspecies = nikolskii | authority = Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986[1] }} Common names: Nikolsky's adder, forest-steppe adder.[2] Vipera berus nikolskii is a venomous viper subspecies endemic to Ukraine, eastern Romania, and southwestern Russia.[1][3] No subspecies are currently recognized.[4] It is a subspecies of Vipera berus. EtymologyThe specific name, nikolskii, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky.[5] DescriptionAdults of V. berus nikolskii are short and thick-bodied, growing to a maximum total length (including tail) of {{convert|680|mm|in|abbr=on}}.[2] Holotype: ZDKU 14704, according to Golay et al. (1993).[1]Geographic rangeV. berus nikolskii is found in Central Ukraine and southwestern Russia.[1][3] Mallow et al. (2003) mention that the distribution is concentrated in the forest-steppe zone of the Charkov region in Ukraine.[2]The type locality, according to Golay et al. (1993), is the banks of the Uda River, between Besljudovka and Vasishtshevo, near Kharkov.[1] Also, Vipera berus nikolskii was recently found in the eastern and southern part of Romania and Basarabia (Republic of Moldova) by Zinenko et al. (2010) and Strugariu & Zamfirescu (2008). See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume). 2. ^1 2 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. {{ISBN|0-89464-877-2}}. 3. ^1 {{ru_icon}}. {{cite web|title=Animals of Russia|url=http://www.sevin.ru/vertebrates/}} 4. ^{{ITIS |id=634997 |taxon=Vipera nikolskii |accessdate=18 August 2006}} 5. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Vipera nikolskii, p. 190). Further reading{{refbegin}}
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